Beyond the Screen: Cyberbullying, Silence, and the Fight for Digital Rights (feat. Mrinalini Dayal and Amanda Manyame)

In Taiwan, nearly 5% of adolescents—roughly 54,000 students—experienced cyberbullying in the past year, with some facing such intense online abuse that it led to self-harm or suicide attempts. As internet use among teens grows more pervasive, so too does the emotional toll of life online, especially for young people from marginalized groups.

In this episode, we explore the human cost of a fragmented, unequal digital world. Host Iris speaks with Amanda Manyame from Equality Now and Mrinalini Dayal from the Alliance for Universal Digital Rights, who are fighting for stronger protections against tech-facilitated gender-based violence and calling for a universal digital rights framework that centers the voices of those most often silenced online.